DAY 223

05.08.2017; Beirut, Lebanon. Evening marching through Beirut. CMFA around the city march from Spears street to the Beirut corniche and around. Its hard to get attention on the crowdy and noisy streets of Beirut but many people spotted the group and showed their interest. We lest many leaflets and interested eyesights. Route (GPS tracked) https://www.endomondo.com/users/13828223/workouts/977055350

Malika (France), the "Queen of the march" tried to take part in the whole journey. She started in Berlin and with some breaks she made it until the end in Lebanon. Here having an off, caused by a pain in the leg.

Marching in a park near the Zico house. This is, as most of the premises, a private park, under security. We were allowed to march but we couldn't distribute our leaflets, as it was not suitable with owner's policies.

Not many Lebanese supporters joined us on daily basis, even in big cities like Beirut. This was a Syrian woman, a refugee, who joined us especially for this evening. The war in neighboring Syria has sparked an influx of refugees into Lebanon equal to around one quarter of the country's population. The United Nations has registered more than 1 million Syrian refugees, though the actual numbers are known to be much higher. In some towns in Lebanon, there are now more Syrians than Lebanese.